cameron_vale@lemm.ee to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 11 months agoIf power corrupts, or power attracts the corrupt, why do we have moderators?message-squaremessage-square72fedilinkarrow-up110arrow-down159
arrow-up1-49arrow-down1message-squareIf power corrupts, or power attracts the corrupt, why do we have moderators?cameron_vale@lemm.ee to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square72fedilink
minus-squarelivus@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up12·11 months agoI think you’re starting from a false premise. “All power corrupts” is a demonstrably untrue maxim. If it were true we would never have anyone with power over anything. Being the one in charge of taking the cat to the vet would somehow be corrupting.
I think you’re starting from a false premise. “All power corrupts” is a demonstrably untrue maxim.
If it were true we would never have anyone with power over anything. Being the one in charge of taking the cat to the vet would somehow be corrupting.